Photo by Sarah Huntington
Author, prize-winning playwright and award-winning historian Meredith Bean McMath is the Managing Director of Run Rabbit Run Theatre and Run Rabbit Run Productions, Inc. She holds a BA in History from the The College of William and Mary and an MS in Arts Administration from Shenandoah University.
Her works include, original plays and documentaries, books for musicals and the concept and libretto for an opera, and freelance articles and novels. Her living history productions and presentations have been commissioned by museums and preservation groups that include The National Museum of American History, The Newseum, The Lincoln Preservation Foundation, The Waterford Foundation, and The National Trust's Oatlands Plantation,
Through RUN RABBIT RUN THEATRE, McMath brings together area artists to produce high caliber theatre productions. From its first production - McMath's Case 22 at the 2010 Capital Fringe Festival - the company has won critical acclaim for its stage adaptations and musicals, contemporary and original plays.
Her works include, original plays and documentaries, books for musicals and the concept and libretto for an opera, and freelance articles and novels. Her living history productions and presentations have been commissioned by museums and preservation groups that include The National Museum of American History, The Newseum, The Lincoln Preservation Foundation, The Waterford Foundation, and The National Trust's Oatlands Plantation,
Through RUN RABBIT RUN THEATRE, McMath brings together area artists to produce high caliber theatre productions. From its first production - McMath's Case 22 at the 2010 Capital Fringe Festival - the company has won critical acclaim for its stage adaptations and musicals, contemporary and original plays.
IN THE NEWS
McMath's play ALL FOR THE UNION
appeared at The 2019 Capital Fringe Festival in July
and for two sold out weekends at Aldie Mill in Aldie, Virginia.
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Waterford Mill, Waterford, Virginia (Photo by MB McMath)
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ARTICLES ABOUT McMATH...
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CURRENT SERVICE Marketing Director and Board member for VSA - Loudoun County, the nonprofit organization dedicated to providing arts and theatre arts opportunities for the disabled and their families. Former Service: Marketing Director and Board Member of the Loudoun Lyric Opera; Board of Directors member of the Loudoun Arts Council and Loudoun Youth Initiative; Member of the Leesburg Performing Arts Center Economic Task Force; a Region IVb Grant Panelist for the Virginia Commission for the Arts; Theatre Judge for The Loudoun Arts Council's annual Gale Waldron Excellence in the Arts awards. EDUCATION
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HISTORY HONORS
- League of Women Voters Award for advancing the knowledge of women's History, Loudoun County, VA
- Loudoun History Award for "Significant contribution to Loudoun History, Thomas Balch History Library, Leesburg, VA
- League of Women Voters of Loudoun Award for “Advancing the awareness of women’s history”
THEATRE HONORS
- Best Director of a Musical, DC Metro Theatre Arts “Best of 2012” for Once Upon A Christmas Carol
- Arts Administration Graduate Award, Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester, VA
- “Women with Vision" Honor, Franklin Park Arts Center, Purcellville, VA
- First Prize for the play, “Sticks and Stones”, Source Theatre, WDC
In this July 2018 interview, Nancy Wyatt of My Persuasive Presentations takes a close look at Run Rabbit Run Theatre and McMath's work:
"My evocative conversation with Meredith reminded me of the adage given to actors using the Acting Stanislavski method. It states that, while performing, they should listen and respond, not just memorize their lines and speak from rote. Meredith lives Method Acting in a real-life expressive discourse..."
"My evocative conversation with Meredith reminded me of the adage given to actors using the Acting Stanislavski method. It states that, while performing, they should listen and respond, not just memorize their lines and speak from rote. Meredith lives Method Acting in a real-life expressive discourse..."